Exhibition game No. 5: Spurs at Miami

Setting the stage: This game doesn’t mean anything compared to the two regular-season meetings coming up (at Miami on Jan. 26 and at San Antonio on March 26), let alone what happened last summer in the Finals. Yet Tony Parker admitted on Friday that the ghosts still linger “a little bit” in their first return to American Airlines Arena since dropping Games 6 or 7 there in last season’s Finals. “But you can’t let it bother you,” he said. “It’s a new season. Use it as motivation.”

Who to watch: The Heat might care even less about the preseason than the Spurs after playing into June in each of the past three seasons. Dwyane Wade has been limited to two games, and offseason signing Greg Oden has yet to play at all. LeBron James has looked great, as expected. Even more encouraging, Chris Bosh, so often relegated to third-wheel status by James and Wade, hasn’t been far behind, averaging 17 points in limited minutes.